Belagavi corporation official asked to submit report on complaints by Kannada organisations

Regional Commissioner K.M. Janaki has directed the Commissioner of Belagavi City Corporation to taxable a study connected complaints against the municipality section assemblage for hold successful passing a solution saying Belagavi is an integral portion of Karnataka.

Acting connected 2 complaints from Kannada organisations, the Regional Commissioner issued orders directing City Corporation Commissioner Karthik M. to look into each the allegations and instrumentality suitable enactment earlier filing the report.

The complainants, Balram Masenatti and Wajid Hirekodi, person said that the metropolis corp has failed to walk a one-line solution saying that Belagavi is an integral portion of Karnataka and that the Mahajan Commission study is last and binding connected each parties concerned.

Kannada organisations person been agitating for this since March but the metropolis corp has not taken immoderate enactment of this.

The metropolis corp has referred the contented to the Urban Development Department, though determination is nary request for it. By delaying the resolution, the metropolis corp has betrayed the sentiments of Kannadigas, portion insulting the radical of Belagavi, they said.

The metropolis corp has besides failed to retreat oregon overrule its 2004 solution saying Belagavi and different Marathi-speaking areas should beryllium merged with Maharashtra, the Kannada organisations said successful their complaints.

Meanwhile, MLA Asif (Raju) Sait has said that helium volition rise the contented successful the adjacent wide assemblage gathering of the metropolis corporation.

“My begetter Nooruddin Sait fought for reunification of Kannada-speaking areas into Karnataka. I volition request that the metropolis corp instrumentality steps to walk the resolution,” Mr. Sait told reporters successful Belagavi connected Wednesday.

Convenor of the cardinal committee of Kannada organisations Ashok Chandargi has urged the State authorities to intervene successful the contented and guarantee that the metropolis corp takes steps to walk the resolution.

“We are not seeking supersession of the metropolis corporation. Nothing volition beryllium achieved by that. We are lone asking them to walk the solution truthful that the grounds is acceptable straight,” Mr. Chandargi said.

Minister Satish Jarkiholi said that helium volition talk to officials acrophobic and resoluteness the contented arsenic soon arsenic possible.